House at Benington Bury Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. Barn, cowhouse. 3 related planning applications.
House at Benington Bury Farm
- WRENN ID
- solemn-sentry-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- Barn, cowhouse
- Address
- House at Benington Bury Farm, Walkern Road, SG2 7LN
- OS grid reference
- TL 297 239
- Coordinates
- 51.89907, -0.11525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A circa 17th-century barn and cowhouse, later converted into a house in the later 20th century. The building is timber-framed with dark weatherboarding and a steep thatched roof, featuring small tiled dormers. A former cowhouse is aligned to the north and is thatched with weatherboarding. The house faces east and has a single-storey range to the north. A gabled tiled former cart entrance is located on the west side near the south end, along with a west lean-to catslide extension. The front elevation has irregular window placement, including a casement window and a small dormer near the north end of the higher section. Group value context: The building contributes to the group value of the area.
Local climate
House at Benington Bury Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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